overall: 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.985 cm x 8.89 cm
Object Name:
case, cigarette
Place made:
France
Date made:
late 19th or early 20th century
Description:
Rectangular case with rounded, snap-closure, hinged lid featuring a polychrome enamel vignette of five gentlemen or cavaliers in brightly-colored clothing gathered around a white cloth-covered table with wine as they listen to one of their group playing a lute; scene set under a flowering tree outside a brick building with balustrade and landscape to right. Flat bottom is elaborately engraved with monogram "WJC(?)". Push-button catch. Gold washed interior. Enamel is signed at lower left "TC(?)" and at lower right "d'ap C. Meissonier fils", both in black. No other marks.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
